Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12785, Joseph Downs, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Downs, Joseph
S 12785
Carded
CONTENTS

Connecticut
5884
Joseph Downs of Weston in the State of Connecticut who was a Private in the Conn. commanded by Captain Bulkeley of the Regt commanded by _____ in the Conn. Militia 18 mo. H L 3.33
Inscribed on the Roll of Conn. at the rate of $3 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 day of June 1833 and Rent Bradford Winton, Weston Ct
Arrears to the 4th of March 33 $80.96 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept 4. 11 21.14 $102.10
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by E. D. Bullock Clerk, Book E Vol. 3 Page 10

State of Connecticut, County of Fairfield,
ss. Weston Probate District 1833
On this 27 th day of February, personally appeared, in open Court, before the Court of Probate for the District of Weston held at said Weston
now sitting, Joseph Downs a resident of the Town of Weston in the County of Fairfield, and State of Connecticut, aged Sixty eight years, and some months who being first sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers, and served as herein stated.
That in the month of April 1780 at Fairfield in the County of Fairfield in Connecticut, in the Parish of Greenfield in said Town he enlisted as a private for one year in the Company of Connecticut State Troops commanded by Captain Isaac Lewis of Fairfield. This company was distributed at different stations along the seaboard of the Town of Fairfield for the purpose of protecting the coast. He was ordered to Fairfield in the Town and was with that part of said company that formed a guard there under Ensign Chaney Downs - we had a guard house in the Town and regularly kept a guard of six men on the Fairfield Beach so called at night, we frequently had prisoners brought to us from Long Island & from the State of New York to be sent to the Eastward. Some went with a guard of three men to take a prisoner to New Haven. I know General Gould & Silliman & Colonel Jonathan Dimon who resided in said Fairfield & were Officers in the Connecticut Militia. Dalarant served in S d Guard at S d Fairfield for one year and at the end of the year for which he enlisted was discharged and left. He did not receive any written discharge.
In the Month of September 1782 he was drafted as a private soldier for one month and ordered into the Company of Connecticut Militia commanded by Capt. James Buckley. This company was distributed at different stations along the seaboard of said Town of Fairfield. The said Joseph Downs was ordered to the station at Mill river with that part of the company that kept guard there, while there we fired upon and repulsed three boats sent over from Long Island for the purpose of plunder. He served in said Guard at said Milburn station for one month & was honourably discharged. He does not know of any living witness by whom he can prove the last mentioned service. The said Joseph Downs was born in the Town of Fairfield in the Parish of Greenfield, September 9 th 1764 there is a record of my age on the Ecclesiastical Society Records of said Parish. I have also a record in my family bible.

I was living in the Town of Fairfield when I enlisted & was drafted and continued to live in said Town untill about the Year 1810 at which time I removed into the Town of Weston and have lived in said Town ever since, when I now live. I have stated in the body of this declaration how I was called into service, and such of the Officers as I was knowing. I never recd. a written discharge but always an honorable one, I am personally known to Jeremiah Rowland Esq. Eliphalet Colby, John Gray, Morehouse Colby & many others who can testify to my general character & their belief of my services as a soldier of the Revolution. The annexed is the best & all the proof I can obtain.
The said Joseph Downs hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
At Oliver C. Sanford Clerk Joseph Downs
We, John Gray and a clergyman  the Town of Weston residing in the town of Morehouse Colby . Inhabitants & residents in residing in the same , hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Joseph Downs who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be sixty eight years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
At Oliver C. Sanford Clerk John Gray Morehouse Colby
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that John Gray and Morehouse Colby who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman  are residents in the town of Weston and are well known to this Court who
has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Morehouse Colby and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Bradford Winton Judge of said Court
I, Oliver C. Sanford Clerk of the said Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Joseph Downs of Weston for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of _____ Office, this 27 th day of February 1832.
At Oliver C. Sanford Clerk

I Bradford Winton Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Weston in Fairfield County do hereby certify and assign as a reason for not having the Certificate of a clergyman annexed to the within Declaration is that the declarant is formerly from the Town of Fairfield in the Parish of Greenfield as specified in his Declaration, that there is no clergyman now in that Parish or Society & that the Revd John Royes who is the clergyman in the Society where declarant now lives declines signing the certificate on the ground that declarant at the time of the Revolution lived in another Town & that he has no personal knowledge of the fact which he supposes to be absolutely necessary I further certify that I have for a great length of time been acquainted with the said Joseph Downs that I believe him to be an honest, fair minded, judicious, though a poor unfortunate Man having had the misfortune not long after the Revolutionary War at a Muster training to lose his left hand by the bursting of his musket
Certified by Bradford Winton Judge of said Court

23192 Joseph Downd C.P.
Admitted Private 13 months
Bradford Walton Weston C.P.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Joseph Downy. Fairfield Co. Ohio,
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Enlisted Sept '80 Ohio State Troops Sept '82 1 pr. Capt. Jones Stationary. 88 Fairfield Co. Ohio Trades Partnership 9 to 1st Jan   1 pr. "Bulkeley  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted: This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. _____
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____; For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[t] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
W. L. Withers Clerk

September 6, 1927
Charles R. Hale 33 Capitol Ave., Hartford, Conn.
Sir:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 12785 it appears that Joseph Downs was born September 9, 1764 in Greenfield Parish, Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut.
While a resident of Fairfield, Connecticut he enlisted in April 1780 and served one year as a private in Captain Isaac Jarvis' Connecticut Company.
He enlisted in September 1782 and served one month as private in Captain James Bulkley's Connecticut Company.
About 1810 he moved from said Fairfield to Weston, Fairfield County, Connecticut where he was allowed pension on his application executed February 27, 1833. No subsequent place of residence is stated. There are no family data on file.
The above noted is the only soldier by that name found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
Respectfully,
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner.

We Nerekeiah Burr & Nathan Banks both of Fairfield in Fairfield County Connecticut being duly sworn do testify & say that we are acquainted with Joseph Downs now of Weston in said County & that we knew said Downs in the Revolutionary war. That in the month of April 1780 we enlisted in the Company of Connecticut State Troops commanded by Captain Isaac Jarvis & were with a part of said Company stationed at Fairfield, in the Town. We enlisted for one year & served out the whole time. The said Joseph Downs enlisted into said Company at the same time we did and served with us in the guard at Fairfield for the whole year for which we enlisted, when we were discharged.
Nathan Banks Nerekeiah Burr
Sworn to & subscribed this 3 rd day of July August 1832.
before me Thomas Robbins Justice of Peace in Open Court.
M c Oliver C. Sanford Clerk

We Gershom Wakeman & William Williams both of Fairfield Town & County. & State of Connecticut being Twenty Years of age each Testify & Say that we are well acquainted with Joseph Downs of Weston in said County formerly of Fairfield in said County that we were knowing to his performing Military duty in the War of the Revolution that in the year of 1780 as Springfield in his declaration he enlisted into the guard at Fairfield under Capt Isaac Jarvis and performed said duty in said Fairfield guard we should think about or nearly one year and we should think the said Downs was about Sixty seven years of age and further the Deposition saith soe
Sworn to and Subscribed in open Court this 18 th day of August 1832
Gershom Wakeman William Williams
Attest Oliver C. Sanford Clerk

I Oliver C. Sanford Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District aforesaid hereby certify that Bradford Winton is Judge of the Court of Probate for the District aforesaid and that the preceding signatures of his name are his genuine signatures. I further certify that Nathan Banks, Hovey & Brien, Gushorn Wakeman and William Williams who have signed the two preceding Depositions are credible persons, that their signatures to said Depositions are their genuine signatures and that their Depositions are entitled to full credit, they having made oath to the same in open court. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said Court this 27 th day of February 1833.
At Oliver C. Sanford Clerk
Joseph Downing 23192

Rev.&1812 Wars Section
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November 20, 1926
Honorable Hiram Bingham United States Senate
My dear Senator:
In response to your request of the 18th instant, with the enclosed letter of Mr. F. C. Bissell of 1009 West Boulevard, Hartford, Connecticut, I have the honor to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 12785 it appears that Joseph Downs was born September 9, 1764 in Greenfield Parish, Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut.
While a resident of Fairfield, Connecticut he enlisted in April 1780 and served one year as a private in Captain Isaac Jarvis' Connecticut Company.
He enlisted in September 1782 and served one month as a private in Captain James Bulkley's Connecticut Company.
About 1810 he moved from said Fairfield to Weston, Fairfield County, Connecticut where he was allowed pension on his application executed February 27, 1833. No subsequent place of residence is stated. There is no data on file as to family.
The above noted is the history of the only soldier named
The quoted line 1840 to 1845 is of Westport, Conn.
Searched O. M. Cards

Joseph Downs found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
Herewith is returned the letter of Mr. Bissell.
Very truly yours,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. S. F. 12785- Joseph Downs.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     April 1781 1 year Private Isaac Jarvis — Conn.   Sept. 1782 1 mo. " James Bulkley — "            
Battles engaged in, not stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Fairfield, Conn.
Date of application for pension, Feb. 27/1833. His claim was allowed
Residence at date of application, Merton, Fairfield Co., Conn.
Age at date of application born Sept. 9, 1764, Fairfield Parish of Greenfield Conn.
Remarks: No data as to family.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
May 31, 1895.
Sir:
Replying to your communication requesting the place of residence, etc., of certain Revolutionary soldiers, you are advised as follows:
Josepa Downs, on February 27, 1853, the date of his application for pension, was residing in Weston, Conn., aged sixty-eight years.
James Downs, on March 25, 1818, the date of his application for pension was residing in Stratford, Conn., aged sixty-three years.
The papers in pension claims allowed under the old "Invalid Acts" were destroyed by the burning of the War Department buildings in the years 1800 and 1814. This Bureau is, therefore, unable to supply you with the information you desire concerning Joann Downs.
Very respectfully,
C. H. Downs, Esq., Derby, Conn.
Commissioner.

United States Senate
Washington, D. C., 11/18/26 , 192
Respectfully referred to
The Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
History of Jos. Downs for Mr. F. C. Russell
Respectfully,
by direction of HIRAM BINGHAM

RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by L. D. L.
Claim No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Claimant _____
Soldier Joseph Downs
Service Conn.
Additional Service Rev. War
No. _____ claim, State records _____, 190____
No claim, combination records _____, 190____
REMARKS:
No claim, except Invd. #12785

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CAPITAL $ 25.000.
INVESTMENTS, FIRE INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE, RENTS, ACTS AS EXECUTOR, ADMINISTRATOR, GUARDIAN, TRUSTEE &c. INTEREST ALLOWED ON DEPOSITS.
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Derby, Conn.
May 21/95.
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Dear Sir:--
I am looking up some genealogies in connection with the Downs family, and I find in looking over the book "Connecticut in the Revolution" that the following names appear as pensioners, viz; Joseph Downs, pensioner under Act of 1832, See Senate Document, First Session, 23rd. Congress 1833 - 34.
12781-2 38664 James Downs pensioner of 1818. 32761 John Downs " " 1833-34
James Downs pensioner of 1818. John Downs " " 1833-34
Will you kindly send me a copy of the applications for above pensions, that I may learn as to the above named parties, where they resided, etc. at the time the application was made.
Yours truly,
C. N. Downs

Letter to Col. H. Downes, Derby, Conn. Y.S. 1908, Aug. 5. Hist. to Mrs. E. H. Bristol. A.P. letter in S. F. 10584.
1926-Nov-20-Recd. to Hon. Dixon Pingham for Mr. F. L. Bissell MMF
1927-Sept. 6-Recd. to Rev. P. Hale. This letter in ch. 16834 of Johnathan Lafrey. MMF.
Rev. man
12. 785 INVALID.
May 31/95
File No. 12. 785 Joseph Downs Priv. Rev. Rev.
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. _____, Page _____
[Arrangement of 1870.]